Shuttle service for students and employees begins July 1

Beginning July 1, 2010, University Parking Services (UPS) will begin operating a free weekday shuttle to the California State University, East Bay Hayward campus for students, faculty, and staff.

In January 2009, UPS began contracting with the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District to allow students and employees to ride cost-free on the bus lines that served the Hayward campus and Hayward BART station, replacing the Hillhopper shuttle.

In a message to the university community, Chris R. Brown, associate vice president of Enterprise Operations & Foundation, said, "The purpose behind this contract was to help alleviate parking demand on campus by providing students and employees with a free shuttle service to the Hayward BART station. Unfortunately, AC Transit is no longer willing to continue this contract due to financial considerations."

AC Transit will still operate Line #60, with service between Hayward BART and CSUEB's Hayward campus; and Line #22, with service between Hayward BART, South Hayward BART, Southland Mall and Chabot College. Effective July 1, 2010, all passengers must pay the regular AC Transit fees. The Bay Card will no longer be accepted as payment.

The CSUEB shuttle service, operated by a private transportation company, will offer a direct route between Warren Hall and the Hayward BART station. The shuttle will be identified with a CSUEB logo on the entry door. A current, valid University ID is required for all passengers. Visitors and guests will need to use AC Transit or other transportation to reach the Hayward campus.

In his message, Brown said that the shuttle program is funded by parking citation revenues, which cannot be used for any expenses other than parking enforcement or alternative transportation endeavors.

California State University, East Bay is the San Francisco East Bay Area's high-access public university of choice. CSUEB serves the region with campuses in Hayward and Concord, a professional development center in Oakland, and an innovative online campus. With an enrollment of more than 14,000, the University offers a nationally recognized freshman year experience, award-winning curriculum, personalized instruction, and expert faculty. Students choose from among more than 100 professionally focused fields of study for which the University confers bachelor's and master's degrees, as well as an Ed.D. in education. Named a "Best in the West" college, as well as a Best Business School, by the influential Princeton Review, Cal State East Bay is among the region's foremost producers of teachers, business professionals and entrepreneurs, public administrators, health professionals, literary and performing artists, and science and math graduates.